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U.S. Government Sometimes Jams Keyless Car Locks?
PizzaFace writes "The Washington Post reports that in certain towns (generally near military bases), on certain days (such as the day an aircraft carrier returns to port), keyless car entry systems and remote garage door openers mysteriously fail. While some frustrated motorists blame aliens, the FCC says the jammed frequencies belong to the U.S. military. The good ol' Post even tracks down a government contractor who all-but-confirms the source of the interference."
And I thought it was just my flaky remote. Bah.
Washington Post once again prove that they're my favorite paper. Best there is, bar none.
What's so bad about being lazy? What if there was a war and nobody showed up?
Oh shit, I hope you don't get karma for that crap comment. In fact, I've got mod points currently and would mod you down, but you're not worth it.
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I just heard some sad news on CNN - star of Star Trek: The Next Generation and open-source advocate Wil Wheaton was found dead in his California home this morning . There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him -- even if you didn't enjoy his television show, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
You forgot "the military are building a beowulf of key entry jams"...
oooh. and um,,
1) overpower civilian keyless entry transmitters
2) ???
3) PROFIT!!!
for a minute there, i lost myself...
In Spaceballs the Movie, Starberry Jam Jams Lonestar...
* Sir, we've been jammed.
* What kind of jam?
* Tastes like strawberry, sir.
* Strawberry jam? There's only one man that uses strawberry jam. Lonestar!
Apparently the moderators didn't think so ;o).
Professor Avi Rubin of Johns Hopkins University spoke about the whole fiasco of eVoting at the USENIX '04 conference in Boston last week. He spoke of his experiences working on this issue in a panel session "The Politicization of Security," along with Gary McGraw of Cigital, Professor Ed Felton of Princeton, and Jeff Grove of the ACM. From what Professor Rubin said, the electronic voting is a very politically charred issue. Companies like Diabold developing technologies have strong political ties, and yes, the system is targeted for abuse. Professor Rubin spoke of how difficult it was to work with the government. He received tons of phone calls from both sides, Democrats and Republicans questioning him left and right. Professor Rubin's goal is to be partisan, and it's incredibly hard to do because the Democrats and Republicans can't sit on the same table together at all. There's so much fighting and bickering over the issue from both parties because the notion is "we don't want the other guy to win." Professor Rubin was called to testify in front of Congress about the technology and limitations of eVoting and the meeting time has been changed or cancelled so many times. The punchline from Professor Rubin was "Partisanship has never been worse."